Last year I posted a What Do You Notice? thinking question at one of our Family Math Night events. It was such a great activity that I decided to do it again. It’s amazing the thinking that comes out of students when open-ended, no-answer-is-wrong questions are posed. Here’s the one I used at last night’s event:
Last night was our annual Family Math Night at Alamo Elementary School in Vacaville, CA. I used activities for our upcoming Gellin’ with Geometry kit. When I entered the room, Suzy, the awesome mom who helps get everything organized for me before I arrive, had set up the sign in table using this year’s theme of geometry. How cute are these geometric sign-in sheets?! Suzy, you’re amazing!
I just finished reading the book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough. Here’s how I summarized it on my Family Math Night facebook page: “Kids succeed in a stress-free, nurturing environment where delayed gratification is encouraged and perseverance is developed through “managed” failure.” Instead of writing a long book review, I thought I’d simply list below all the sentences I highlighted while reading the book. It will give you a good idea…
What a great group of volunteers! These are the station facilitators and family math night coordinator for one of our latest Math Medley Family Math Night events. By the way, notice how two of them are students…one middle school and the other high school. I like how most of them are wearing the school spirit t-shirt. It’s a great way to show support of the school but it’s also a great way for participants to know who is the station…
Alignment? You bet! All of our Nifty Numbers and Math Medley Family Math Night activities meet K-5 Common Core State Standards in Mathematics.